Now it's only a few days left to Christmas. Matts is on his way home from his last workday for a couple of weeks and then we will head to the mall for dinner and gift shopping. It is hopefully not too hectic this time on a Friday, so it should be ok. Here at home it's very cozy now anyway. We have our holiday decorations up and it really makes a difference now when it is so dark outside (but we do have some snow that lightens up).In the living room the Angel Chimes reminds me of our first December in Switzerland. At this time I didn't have a set of my own and was struck by surprise to find one at some Swiss friends place. It was so beautiful and reminded med so much of Sweden that I burst into tears! I realized that I just had to get my own set. :-) In the window in the background we have the Advent star. They come in many different sizes and models and are very common here in Sweden. The small Christmas tree isn't decorated yet - and might not be this year - but spreads a nice light in the hallway.
For the first time ever, we have a dining table big enough to use the beautifully embroidered table cloth that we got from my mother-in-law several years ago. It is of course embroidered by herself and it adds a lot to the Christmas feeling in our kitchen. Now we just have to be careful not to spill on it while eating. :-) But things like this are made to be used and not stuffed away in a box and stains are part of life...The Advent candlestick in the window is almost a must in every Swedish home and this time of the year it is so nice to see them in the windows of every single building. We have two, one in the kitchen and one in the bedroom, but some people have many more (or only one).
Compared to Switzerland, Swedes generally have more lamps in the windows. In Switzerland, the windows are dark and often covered by curtains and I missed the cheerful window lamps that make people's homes look cozy from the outside while living there. We couldn't even find the kind of lamps that we wanted to have in Switzerland when we were about to decorate our place there! Different countries and different cultures.
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My late Great Aunt El had a huge table cloth that she always used when they had dinner parties. It of course got some stains on it but instead of replacing it she started having everyone that came to dinner sign the table cloth. She would then cross stitch the signature so that it would always be there and it became a great memory holder of great times and great friends :,)
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